Antony Sher
Antony Sher
Sir Antony Sher, KBEis an English actor of South African origin, he is a two time Laurence Olivier Award winner and four time nominee. He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1982 and toured in many roles, as well as appearing on film and TV, and working as a writer and theatre director. In 2001, he starred in his cousin Ronald Harwood’s play Mahler's Conversion, and said that the story of a composer sacrificing his faith for his career echoed...
NationalitySouth African
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth14 June 1949
courage gay white
As a gay Jewish white South African, I belong to quite a lot of minority groups. You constantly have to question who you are, what you are and whether you have the courage to be who you are.
play careers resemblance-is
Most of my career has been spent with the RSC doing Shakespeare, and the thing you learn from Shakespeare is that his historical plays don't bear anything other than a basic resemblance to history.
teenage believe writing
If I could write a letter to my teenage self, I'd probably say something like: 'You ain't gonna believe what will become of you.'
book rehearsal peter
I've been quoting the book [on Peter Sutcliffe] constantly in rehearsals. Some members of the cast have stated their disapproval that it should even have been written. Some of the women have expressed more - disgust and anger. What are they saying? They'd prefer not to know, not to understand? They'd prefer certain areas of life to be censored? Isn't that partly what breeds the Sutcliffes and the Nilsens?
obviously
When I'm painting and drawing I only do people. Acting is obviously portraiture - and writing is as well.